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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OWENSBY H. WOODFILL, OF NEVADA, MISSOURI.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,905, dated April 2, 1895. Application filed June 26,1894. Serial No. 515,760- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWENSBY H. WOODFILL, of Nevada, in the county of Vernon and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Vending-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. My invention relates to an improvement in vending machines, and the object of the inventlon is to provide a vending machine of an exceedingly simple and durablecharacter, and one which is especially adapted for dispensing weighty articles.

Another object of the invention is to provlde a vending machine in which the reservo1r or magazine will be so formed as to relieve the dispensing mechanism from the ma-- jor portion of the weight of the merchandise to be dispensed.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the vlews.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, the door thereof being opened. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the machine, taken practically on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; and Fig.

3 is a section taken vertically through the machine, at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2, and essentially on the line 3-3 of said figure. y

In carrying out the invention acasing A is employed, which is permanently closed except at thefront. This casing may be of any desired shape, but preferably the lower portion a at the front is straight, while the upper portion a is inclined in direction of the back, and this inclined portion of the case or casing is open, and is provided with a door A, whereby it may be closed, and the door is usually provided with a transparent panel 0. through which the merchandise dispensed by the machine will be visible.

Back of the partition 11 a shaft 13 is located and journaled in the side partition 14 and in the opposing side wall of the casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This shaft is adapted to carry the dispensing mechanism B, and this mechanism usually consists of a series of arms secured at or near their centers upon the said shaft 13, the arms being located at predetermined distances apart. These arms extend above the partition 11 and over its upper end.

The arms are usually made tapering, being widest at their top, and they are connected at the bottom by'a rod 15, or its equivalent, while the top edge 16 of each arm is more or less cylindrical or convexed, as shown in Fig. 3. In the forward edge of the upper por- 7 tion of each arm a recess 17, is ordinarily made, in order to give it the proper angle of contact with the merchandise, but said recess may be omitted.

The magazine or reservoir 0, rests at its upper end upon a support 18, located at the top of the casing. This reservoir extends preferably from the top of the casing, being located in the latter down below the dispensing arms B. The lower portion of this reservoir is straight, but the upper and major portion thereof is inclined, the angle being essentially that of repose, or less than said angle of repose. The reservoir is open at its top throughout its length, being somewhat of boxlike construction, and at each side of the lower portion of the magazine or reservoir asocket 19 is formed or attached, adapted to receive studs 20, located upon suitable supports placed at each end of the series of dispensing 5 arms B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The mag: azine can be readily removed from the case by raising its upper end forward and lifting it off of the supports at the lower end.

The bottom of the magazine or reservoir is provided with a series of transverse openings 22, the openings corresponding 1n number to The 55 the number of dispensing arms employed; and the upper or cylindrical portions of these arms project through the said openings, as shown in Fig. 3.

A front bar or plate 21, is adjustably attached to the front of the magazine or reservoir at the straight portion thereof, and at a predetermined distance above the upper portions of the dispensing arms. This plate serves to prevent the merchandise contained in the straight portion of the reservoir or magazine from falling forwardly and out therefrom, and the bottom article, or package of merchandise, rests upon the upper cylindrical edges of the said dispensing arms B; and owing to the angle at which the major portion of the reservoiror magazine is placed, the merchandise contained therein will be in a measure supported by the bottom of the reservoir, thus relieving the dispensing arms of considerable weight and enabling a motor to be employed much lighter than could ordinarily be used.

A motor D is employed to operate the dispensing arms B. The motor illustrated is a clock movement, and said movement is provided with a brake lever 23, which lever is fulcrumed at one side of the movement and extends downwardly along the frame, terminating at its lower end in a crank arm 24.. The upper end 25 of the lever is carried in a rearwardly direction, or in direction of the back of the casing, and the upper horizontal portion of the said lever is bowed in a manner to extend inward over the movement and to be engaged by the adjusting arm of the inner wheel shaft 26 of the movement, as shown in Fig. 2, being held normally in this position by a suitably located spring 26. The movement is stopped while the said adjusting arm is in engagement with its brake lever. The lower crank arm 2a of the brake lever is adapted normally, or when said lever is in braking position, to extend into a recess 28, produced in the periphery of a crank disk 27, the said crank disk being mounted upon one end of the power shaft 29 of the motor; and the said crank disk is connected with the series of dispensing arms B through the medium of a connecting rod 30, as shown in Fig. 3.

A coin chute is employed in connection with the case, which chute is located at the back and comprises a fixed section 31 and a tilting section 32, the fixed section being usually placed in a vertical position, being adapted to receive a coin passed through an opening 31, located in the door A. The tilting section 32 of the coinreceiving chute is located at an angle to the fixed section and receives the coin therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2. The tilting section of the chute is provided at one of its ends with a weight 33, and an exit opening 34 in the bottom near its mouth. A coin of a predetermined denomination, when dropped into the mouth of the tilting section of the chute, will overcome the weight and cause the mouth or receiving end of the said chute to drop downward to the position shown in dotted lines, and in so doingthe chute will rock a pivot pin 35, upon which it is secured, the pin being journaled in a suitable bracket 36, and this pin is provided at its outer end with a crank arm 37, normallyin engagement with the upper crank arm 25 of the brake lever. The crank arm 37 is a trip, since when the coin causes the tilting chute to drop at its receiving end, the trip arm 37 will be rocked in a manner to cause the upper end of the brake lever to be carried outward from the motor and out of the path of the regulating arm of the wind wheel shaft, thus permitting the motor to operate; and the lower crank arm 24 of the brake lever will be held against the back of the crank disk 27 while said disk is revolved by the motor. The revolving of the disk will draw the dispensing arms inward, permitting the lowermost package to drop from the arms upon the bottom of the magazine, and when the dispensing arms return to their normal position they willforce this package from the magazine and it will drop upon the directing partition 11 and be delivered through the outlet opening 12 in the casing. At this time the recess 28 in the crank disk will have arrived at a position which will enable the lower crank arm 24 of the brake lever to enter it, forced by the spring 26, and consequently the brake lever willbe carried over the motor again in position to stop its operation, as the coin will have been discharged from the tilting chute and it will have assumed its normal position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a goods holder formed of an upper inclined portion and a lower vertical portion open at the bottom, a motor mechanism having a notched disk and a coin released brake held in engagement with the said disk when the motor is at rest, of a plurality of pivoted arms having head portions normally held under the goods holder to form a support for the goods, said head portions having each a recess at the front edge adapted to form seats for the lowermost article of merchandise when the arms are moved backward and a pitman connecting the said arms and the disk of the motor, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved vending machine comprising a casing having a goods magazine formed with an upper inclined port-ion and a lower straight portion open at the bottom, a delivery chute below and in advance of such lower portion of the magazine, a series of pivoted pusher arms having their upper or head portions convexed and held normally under the goods magazine to form a support for the articles therein, aclock mechanism within the easing having a notched disk, a spring actuated substantially as shown and for the purposes brake member held to normally engage the described. disk and hold the said mechanism from operation, a coin operated trip mechanism held OWENSBY WOODFILL' 5 to engage and release the brake when the coin Witnesses:

engages it, and a pitman connection between JOHN BLUE, the disk and the pusher arms, all arranged THOS. S. HUTTON. 

